Cannot add or remove channels
• Channels must be placed in memory using the Auto Channel Search feature before channels can be
added or removed from channel memory.
Tape plays back in slow motion
• Press PLAY to return to normal playback.
Cannot select channels over 69
• Cable channels over 69 can only be selected if Signal Type: CABLE/ANTENNA feature is set to CABLE.
Cassette with safety tab removed does not start to play automatically
• Check to make sure the Auto Play ON/OFF feature is set to ON.
TIMER indicator flashes
• Check to make sure there is a cassette in the VCR when a timer recording is set.
SAFE appears in display panel
• ProTect Plus TM feature is activated. Press and hold POWER on remote for several seconds.
Time counter disappears during searching
• This is normal.
On-screen menus appear in English, French, or Spanish
• Check Language feature.
No stereo sound during playback
• Check to make sure the Tape Playback feature is set to HI-FI to hear stereo sound during playback.
• Must use the AUDIO/VIDEO jacks on the back of the VCR to hear stereo sound,
Stereo audio too noisy
• Stereo signal is weak. Set Reception: STEREO/SAP/MeNU feature to MENU.
• Press one of the TRACKING up or down buttons to minimize the noise.
Index, Zero, and Blank Search Features do not Operate
• These features are not available ifthe Movie Advance feature is activated.
Cannot access MOVIEI_I_ADVANCE feature
• Cassette must have safetytab removed and be recorded in SP speed.
VCR forwards through commercials or momentarily displays a blue screen during playback.
• Commercial Advance Playback feature is set to AUTO, Set it to MANUAL,
COMMERCIAL Im_ADVANCE feature does not mark commercials when:
• The Marking feature is set to OFF in the COMMERCIAL ADVANCE menu. Set it to ON.
• A recording is less than 15 minutes or the commercial is longer than one minute.
• A single isolated commercial can not be marked.
• Recording started in the middle of a commercial segment,
• A commercial group within the first or last two minutes of a recording.
• Accuracy and effectiveness can vary depending upon program content and the characteristics of the
commercials.
• A commercial is between 30-and-45 seconds and 45-and-60 seconds.
• Effectiveness may vary when local television stations insert their own commercials.
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